Transforming Consciousness into Wisdom: The Tsinghua School and 20th-Century Chinese Philosophy

Author: Hu Weixi
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Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The book is organized around the theme of "Transforming Conception into Wisdom," dividing the study of the Tsinghua School into three parts. Part I is a general introduction to the Tsinghua School. In Part II, the philosophical thought and historical evolution of the Tsinghua School will be examined and discussed, with a particular focus on the relationship between the Tsinghua School and positivism. Part III is a study of some representative figures and their ideas within the Modern Neo-Confucianism, an important philosophical school in 20th-century China. The inclusion of these studies on Modern Neo-Confucianism is intended to provide a reference framework for the Tsinghua School. As mentioned above, in the history of 20th-century Chinese philosophy, the concern with the issue of "transforming conception into wisdom" was not limited to the Tsinghua School. In addition to the Tsinghua School, Modern Neo-Confucianism also engaged in unique and innovative thinking on this issue. However, the approach of Modern Neo-Confucianism to the problem of "transforming conception into wisdom" differs significantly from that of the Tsinghua School. If the Tsinghua School's reflections on this issue were influenced by Kant, then the reflections of Modern Neo-Confucianism on it were anti-Kantian or entirely non-Kantian. Therefore, using Modern Neo-Confucianism as a point of comparison not only illustrates that there were two types of thinking about "transforming conception into wisdom" in the history of 20th-century Chinese philosophy but also shows that both types of thinking were related to Kantian philosophy.